2050

According to climate scientists, the year 2050 will be a tipping point in the history of our planet. As seawater slowly but surely warms up, the ice in Antarctica is melting before our very eyes. Adventurous Belgians have always felt a certain attraction to this gigantic ice sheet. '2050' not only tells the story of modern climate scientists at the Princess Elisabeth Base, but also catapults the viewer back to the year 1898, when Belgian explorer Adrien de Gerlache led the very first wintering mission to the South Pole with his ship Belgica.

Eric Goens, known from television programs such as “Het huis” and “Het conclaaf,” is making a name for himself as an international filmmaker with “2050.” Together with his crew, he braved temperatures as low as -30°C to film beautiful images of an icy landscape threatened by climate change.